Read the first part of an article series on application development modernization by moving away from proprietary Microsoft tools to a modern, standards-based stack using HTTP REST, HTML5, Web API, and other up-to-date software development technologies.

[MVVM and .NET: A Great Combo for Web Application Development](http://devproconnections.com/net-framework/mvvm-dot-net-web-application-development)

Learn why I prefer the MVVM pattern to MVC, how MVVM helps develop lean, scalable, and securable, responsive web applications, and an overview of tools that can assist .NET developers in building MVVM-based web apps.